Christina Sharpe’s public lecture: “A Lexicon of these Times”

14 Nov 2025 - 16:00 / 14 Nov 2025 - 18:00

Christina Sharpe lecture: “A Lexicon of these Times”
Friday, November 14th, 2025 from 4pm – 6pm.
Emmanuel College EM001
75 Queen’s Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5

This lecture is based on Professor Sharpe’s book, What Could a Vessel Be? which is her ongoing consideration of the vessel—what the word and concept does, what it can or might or might not bear. It is a hybrid work of creative nonfiction; what she is calling an inventory essay and it is guided by several questions: “What is the vessel for mourning this?”, “What is the vessel for surviving this?” “What is the vessel for changing this?” What is the vessel: For refusing? For condemning? For imagining? For living?